GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center provides ongoing training for growing and starting businesses. Professionals or current small business owners with pertinent expertise teach these trainings. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least two weeks in advance. Descriptions of the May sessions offered, date,
LANSING - Rep. Jeff Mayes (D-Bay City), chair of the Michigan House Agriculture Committee, said Wednesday that lawmakers in the House and Senate are still working out details of a legislative package aimed at nurturing the state's alternative fuels industry. But the panel did move forward with reporting two bills that would extend the state
WARREN - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama returned to campaigning in Michigan Wednesday with a new manufacturing agenda on display, including a national fund to support cutting edge technologies such as new generation of batteries that could be centered in the state. The fund, he said, would be similar to the state's 21st Century Jobs
LANSING ? The submission deadline for the next round of the 21st Century Business Plan Competition, worth some $30 million, has been moved back nearly a month, from June 4 to June 30, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced Wednesday. Cindy Douglas, Director of Program Administration for the MEDC, said potential applicants were telling the
DETROIT �?? Last year, Southeast Michigan created 16,610 new jobs, from 117 new projects that generated $4 billion, a report released Tuesday contends. The Economic Development Coalition of Southeast Michigan summarized regional business and attraction from member organizations which include: Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Detroit Regional Economic Partnership, Detroit Regional
NEW YORK - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is launching a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo's board of directors, according to a person close to the matter - a move aimed at pressuring the Internet company to reach out to Microsoft Corp. to re-start sale discussions. Icahn plans to nominate 10 directors to replace Yahoo's board
LANSING - Legislation implementing the Great Lakes compact - to give the world's largest freshwater watershed greater protection from possible diversions as well as provide new rules governing water bottling operations and internal diversions - passed the Michigan Senate and House unanimously on Wednesday. However, the Legislature did not act on some of the more
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress won't be beefing up the number of H-1B visas anytime soon, the chief legal adviser to an influential Republican predicted Monday. Proposals to raise the annual H-1B cap would sail through Congress if called up for a floor vote, but political considerations mean that probably won't happen anytime soon, George
LIVONIA ? Marketing company Valassis has extended the contract for Chairman and CEO Alan Schultz for three-years to January 2012. Schultz's previous contract was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2008. Under Schultz's leadership, the company has nearly quadrupled revenues and significantly diversified its customer base and product portfolio. In March of 2007, he led
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Hewlett-Packard announced Tuesday it is buying EDS - the former IT arm of General Motors Corp. - for $13.9 billion, a price that struck analysts as surprisingly high. The deal will create a computer services giant intended to rival IBM in the market for serving business customers. The deal is expected